Assembly Bill 394
The color and design of special distinguishing registration plates for fire fighters and emergency medical technicians
Topics: Fire department, Medical service, Motor vehicle: Taxation or registration
Passed the Assembly, then stopped
The Assembly passed it on Apr 22, 2010, but the Senate never voted on it. A bill has to . To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Aug 26, 2009
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Apr 22, 2010
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Senate vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The Senate never voted on it.
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to concur in pursuant to ”
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Second chamber's vote
A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.
Official term: Concurrence. More in the glossary
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, members of authorized special groups may obtain special distinguishing registration plates for automobiles and certain other vehicles that are owned or leased by members of these groups, which include fire fighters and emergency medical technicians (EMTs). Subject to certain limitations, the Department of Transportation (DOT) specifies the color and design for special plates.
Current law also requires DOT to establish new designs for most vehicle registration plates, including most special plates, at intervals determined by DOT and to issue the new plates on a rolling basis as vehicle registrations are renewed by the vehicle owners.
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This bill requires special plates for fire fighters and EMTs to be the same color and design that was specified by DOT for these plates immediately prior to January 1, 2007. The bill also exempts these special plates from the redesign cycle.
Who's behind it
20 representatives are its . 15 are Republicans and 5 are Democrats.
11 more lawmakers .
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Authors (20)
- Peter Barca · Democrat, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Brett Davis · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Gunderson · Republican, Assembly
- Gordon Hintz · Democrat, Assembly
- Kim Hixson · Democrat, Assembly
- Dean Kaufert · Republican, Assembly
- Samantha Kerkman · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Kestell · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Lothian · Republican, Assembly
- Mary Williams · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Meyer · Republican, Assembly
- John Murtha · Republican, Assembly
- Lee Nerison · Republican, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Pat Strachota · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Suder · Republican, Assembly
- John Townsend · Republican, Assembly
- Ted Zigmunt · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (11)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Glenn Grothman · Republican, Senate
- Dan Kapanke · Republican, Senate
- Neal Kedzie · Republican, Senate
- John Lehman · Democrat, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
- John Steinbrink · Democrat, Assembly
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Transportation vote on an amendment
Passed, 10 to 0 · Apr 16, 2010
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Transportation, Ayes 10, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Apr 23, 2010
The Senate received it.
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Apr 22, 2010
The Assembly passed it.
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Apr 22, 2010
The Assembly adopted it.
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Apr 16, 2010
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Apr 16, 2010
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 10 to 0.
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Dec 3, 2009
The committee held a public hearing.
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Dec 2, 2009
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Oct 8, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Aug 26, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Transportation.
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Aug 26, 2009
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Aug 26, 2009 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Lothian, Barca, Suder, Kerkman, Townsend, Gunderson, Murtha, Brooks, Nerison, Kestell, Hixson, Strachota, Davis, Ripp, Hintz, Kaufert, Zigmunt, Meyer, M. Williams and Pope-Roberts;Cosponsored by Senators Kedzie, Wirch, Grothman, Darling, Schultz, Cowles, Taylor, Carpenter, Lehman and Kapanke
- Aug 26, 2009 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation
- Oct 8, 2009 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Dec 2, 2009 · Assembly
Representative Steinbrink added as a coauthor
- Dec 3, 2009 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Mar 29, 2010 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 1 offered by Representative Lothian
- Apr 1, 2010 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Apr 16, 2010 · Assembly
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Transportation, Ayes 10, Noes 0
- Apr 16, 2010 · Assembly
Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Transportation, Ayes 10, Noes 0
- Apr 16, 2010 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 4-22-2010 by committee on Rules
- Apr 22, 2010 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Apr 22, 2010 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 1 adopted
- Apr 22, 2010 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Apr 22, 2010 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Apr 22, 2010 · Assembly
Read a third time and passed
- Apr 22, 2010 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Apr 23, 2010 · Senate
Received from Assembly
- Apr 28, 2010 · Senate
Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Second chamber's vote
A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.
Official term: Concurrence. More in the glossary
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Second chamber's vote
A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.
Official term: Concurrence
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote